Bio
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer has traditionally been a bellwether for exciting new talent in the field of speculative fiction. It’s time for that to change.
It's clear to anyone with even a cursory familiarity with my work that I don't deserve to win the Campbell. That’s why I need you to help me become the least deserving winner of the Campbell in history. To drive home just how undeserving I am, here are some quotes about my work from people who ought to know:
"High on the profanity factor, this story isn’t for everyone. . . Even if you are a pervert."
----------The Fix Online, about “Gimpbomb Enters Room”
"I'm sorry, I just don't get it . . . There's no magic anywhere in sight. . . it came across as an amateurish, slapped-together bit of nonsense."
----------Tangent Online, about “Murder at Doty Station”
"Nothing in Vampire mythology that I've read would ever suggest that they would take on a serious fight without serious reason. . . to have this serious, this intense of a fight, there needed to be a better reason than just a shirt."
----------tbaker2500, about “The Elves Hate You”
"A lame groin joke never makes a good ending to a story, IMHO."
----------vburn, about “Eggs”
"This 'writer' has clearly never had a real relationship, nor a real conversation. . . Was this seriously the best thing in the slush pile?"
----------Unregistered Guest, about “The Secret of Pogopolis”
"You smell."
----------Sharyn November, about Matthew Bey in general
Bibliography
- “The Secret of Pogopolis”- Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2010
- "Snuggle the Dead" - Drabblecast B-Sides
- “Hometown Horrible: The Legacy of a Wisconsin Writer Revisited” - Pseudopod 2009
- “The Elves Hate You”– Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #12 2004, reprinted in The Best of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: Horror 2007, performed for audio podcast by Drabblecast B-sides 2009
- “Murder at Doty Station” – Black Gate Magazine 2009
- “The Gaping Corpse” - Black Ink Horror #5 2009
- “Beneath the Red City” - Innsmouth Free Press 2009
- “Prey Play” - The Fifth Di... 2009
- “A Natural History of the Pancake Badger”- The Town Drunk 2009
- “Anasazi-35” - Fusion Fragment 2009
- “Eggs” - Drabblecast 2008
- “Train Dreams” - Drabblecast 2008
- “The Call of the Bailiff”- The Book of Tentacles 2009
- “Windigo Farm” - Dred Tales 2008
- “Gimpbomb Enters Room” - The Town Drunk 2008
- “Pioneers and Indians” - Fusion Fragment 2008
- “Race to the Noonie” -- Tales from the Secret City 2007
- “Deadtown Taxi” – Undead 3: Flesh Feast 2007
- "Boules and Beasties" – Aiofe's Kiss, Anniversary Issue 2005
- "The Monster at Baggage Carousel #3" – Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #20 2005, reprinted Jersey Devil Press 2011
- "Waldo in Space" – Martian Wave 2004, reprinted in Wondrous Web Worlds 2005
- "The Last Dinner at the Rawhide Steakhouse" – shortestories.com 2004
- "Phlegmatic Planet" – RevolutionSF.com 2004